Ward_(fencing) Ward_(fencing)

Ward (fencing) - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Chicane, Dodging, Equivocation, Evasion, Hedging, Prevarication, Shifting, Shuffle, Shuffling, Subterfuge

A ward or guard (translating German Hut "protection") is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. In MS I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard". Paulus Hector Mair translates Hut as habitus.

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Example Usage of (fencing)
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